Legal Drugs
Posted by lisaisred on August 18, 2008
I feel so high right now. I took a flexeril (muscle relaxer) to relieve the spasm in my back last night. My doctor prescribes a crap load of opium based narcotics to help with my myofascial pain syndrome and chronic muscle spasms, but I refuse to take them regularly because I have to be able to do something normal like FUNCTION.
The last time I went to the doctor I told him the meds are too strong his reply was I have given you the lowest doses available. So I asked if there was anything else I could take to keep my muscles from spasming that would not be so debilitating and he said “no”.
I hate pills! I hate the way they make me feel and behave and I really hate the crashing afterward. But there are times like today when I have no choice. If you are forced to swallow this devil candy be very careful not to get addicted. Your doctor won’t give a damn. If you get hooked he gets more kick backs from the pharmaceutical companies. He or she will gladly be your legal pusher.
I normally get massages and I have invested in a massage chair now. Hot baths before and after the massage normally works. I recently found out most insurances will pay for a massage– a not so good one but hey its insurance right. Here is the terrible truth to Myofascial pain– there is no cure. When your nerves feel like air hurts them the best thing to do is sit in a hot bath, and find the trigger point that has a spasm around it and press into it. It hurts like hell but so worth it.
Below is a perfect example of where your trigger points are. If you can find a massage therapist who specializes in a myofascial release of the spasms around these trigger points then your pain will reduce significantly.
Trigger Points
